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Cinobola fusca
(Rio Tosta, 11, 20 apt)
Dec 9
amita found a nest in a stone wall leading up
the road, about 100 yards from the intermittent
stream. Two fledglings, almost feathered. The
parents did considerable foraging in the green sedge,
where tiny toads were abundant, and down along the
gulch. On the ground they run rapidly with
alternate strides. Took some photos of parent entering
cavity, then shot one to see what it was feeding - on
that trip it was a grub, but inside the next cavity
which was about 1 1/2 feet in from the entrance, was
the remains of a 2-inch tadpole. One of the young
had only unidentified remains in gizzard (a couple
off bones which may have been small frog or tadpole, and
some green vegetable matter). Another parent returned to
care for the remaining young after we shot 3404.